So, whisky is your favourite alcoholic beverage because it was the typical ‘love at first taste’ situation: one taste of the golden liquid on your tongue flowing down your throat was enough to convince you to forsake all others and pledge your undying devotion to this grain-based drink. Or, maybe…
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The Christie’s vs Sotheby’s Race to the Emily Fisher Landau Collection: Should You invest in Art?
Globally, the weather may be cooling, following a particularly hot, record-breaking July, but in the art world, temperatures are rising. According to rumours, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, the two most popular auction houses, are in a race to take up the estate of Emily Fisher Landau, art collector, …
Uncovering Bulgari’s Mastery of Colourful High Jewellery
Like art, colours play an important role in jewellery making. But unlike art, incorporating colours in high jewellery is not as easy as brands like Bulgari have made it out to look. The primary source of colours in jewellery is gemstones, but unless you’re glueing them on top of each other or som…
The Top 10 Iconic Hermès Handbags You Should Know
The Birkin needs no introduction – not even to future generations. But do you know that Hermès has other iconic, and equally beautiful, durable bags? And no, we do not mean the Kelly, even though this Birkin cousin is all of these things. If you’ve been trying to get your hands on a Hermès Birkin…
Want to buy a Picasso? MGM Resorts Might Sell You One
Where will you be on October 23? If you are an art collector looking to add more interesting, historical pieces to your collection, then the Pablo Picasso auction by American hotel chain, MGM Resorts, should be the place to be. The decision to sell its Picasso collection is a move on MGM’s part t…
7 Best Collector Cars, According to the Authors of Ultimate Collector Cars
What are some of the world’s most exclusive vintage cars? A new double-volume anthology, Ultimate Collector Cars, featuring 100 of the best collector cars in history, answers this question for you. Its authors, in a recent interview, picked out seven that topped the list. The cars were chosen for…
Sotheby’s New Platform Bypasses its Signature Auction Process
Sotheby’s, the premier auction house, is diversifying its business model and has launched a new platform that allows consumers to purchase luxury items without having to go through the bidding process and its extra fees. In a world where consumers are becoming ever more discerning and wanting qui…
This is Why Pink Diamonds are so Valuable
In April 2017, Sotheby’s sold the CTF Pink Star diamond for a record-breaking price of USD71.2 million. Now, it has auctioned off in Geneva another pink diamond all the way from Russia dubbed the ‘Spirit of the Rose’, for USD26.6million. The auction house describes it as “a 14.83-cara…
American Rapper Offset Probably Took our Advice on Birkin Bags.
On Wednesday, American rapper and songwriter, Offset, literally set social media ablaze when he gave his daughter, Kulture, a pink Birkin purse for her 2nd birthday. It is the year 2020 where everyone has an opinion and is not afraid to express it, and so, it was no surprise that the rapper and h…
This Colourful Unique Ressence Watch will be Auctioned for Covid-19 Relief
Swiss watchmaker Ressence has teamed up with Sotheby’s to auction a unique pastel blue titanium automatic timepiece named after the designer’s children and whose proceeds will benefit Covid-19 relief. Unveiled on Monday, the Type 1 Slim “Ayrton & Finlay” was inspired by the winning desi…